双语：女人爱购物 都是基因惹的祸

　　Retail¹ therapy has long been a treat for millions of women who enjoy nothing better than a trawlround the shops.

　　购物疗法一向是众多女性的乐事，对她们而言，再没有什么比逛商店更好的事情了。

　　For those who pause long enough to wonder if it is nature or nurture² which guides them, the answer may have emerged.

　　这种喜好，是天性使然还是后天影响呢？有些人也许会为这个问题感到困惑，而现在，答案可能要浮出水面了。

　　Sales levels indicate that it is behaviour that is learned, so it may be down towomen's mothers that they like to shop so much.

　　据销售数据显示，爱购物是一种习得的行为，所以，女人们如此热衷于购物，可能要归咎于她们的妈妈。

　　Figures have revealed that clothes for baby girls out-sell those for boys by a fifth.

　　有数据显示，女婴服装销量比男婴服装要多五分之一。

　　It emerged that by the age of four, girls have 20 percent more clothes than boys of that age.

　　到四岁的时候，女孩们的衣服会比男孩们多出五分之一。

　　As mothers buy most of the clothes for their children, this suggests that they instinctively³ instilla much greater need for clothes in their daughters from a very young age.

　　鉴于大多数童装都是妈妈来买的，这表明，妈妈们在女儿很小的时候就本能地向她们灌输这一观点，就是女孩需要的衣服要比男孩多得多。

　　As a result, it is likely that women are brought up to love shopping through years of intense exposure to fashion and purchases.

　　因此，在多年来时尚消费的熏陶下，女人们很可能逐渐喜欢上了购物。

　　The Debenhams sales results have been interpreted by Dr Karen J. Pine, Professor of Developmental Psychology⁴ at the University of Hertfordshire.

　　赫特福德大学发展心理学教授卡伦 J 潘恩博士对德本汉姆百货公司的销售结果进行了解读。

　　'Human society puts a great deal of emphasis on female appearance and this will inevitably⁵ result in more clothes being purchased for girls than boys,' she said.

　　她说，“人类社会非常重视女性的外表，因此，不可避免地给女孩买的衣服会比男孩多。

　　'Parents encourage the importance of clothes through leisure activities such as shopping and play that involves dressing⁶ up.

　　“父母们通过带孩子参加一些休闲活动，例如带孩子购物或参加需要乔装打扮的演出，让孩子感受到衣服的重要性。

　　'While dads are taking their sons out for football matches, women are taking their little girls shopping and encouraging them to take an interest in fashion.'

　　“爸爸们会带着儿子去看足球比赛，而女人们则会带着女儿去购物，这让女孩们对时装兴趣渐增。”

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。

3 instinctively   

adv.本能地

参考例句：

• As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

5 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

6 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。